Sunglint on Atlantic Ocean
The sun’s glint beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above.
Category: Science
What Crystals Older Than the Sun Reveal About the Start of the Solar System
The standard story of the origin of our solar system has gone like this: 4.6 billion years ago, a giant cloud of dust hung frozen
Lady of Elche: A 2,400-year-old bust of a mysterious ‘highborn’ woman from pre-Roman Spain
The mysterious Lady of Elche was crafted from a large limestone block before the Romans ruled Spain.
Satellite images provide view inside Iran at war
Satellite images from commercial companies show the extent of U.S. and Israeli strikes, and how Iran is responding.
March could be the best month for the northern lights for nearly a decade — if the sun stays active
March 2026 could be the best month for the northern lights until the mid-2030s, as celestial mechanics and solar activity combine for potentially potent results.
Webb Zooms into Helix Nebula
A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of
Pain lasts longer in women, and immune cells may the culprit
A newly published study suggests that the immune system may play a role in why recovery from pain differs in men and women.
The ‘sweet spot’ of overconfidence — project a bit to be perceived as competent, but don’t be ‘too seduced,’ a cognitive neuroscientist explains in a Q&A
Q&A with cognitive neuroscientist Steve Fleming: What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making
Ancient Greek mystery cult priestesses may have chemically tweaked fungus to induce psychedelic hallucinations
Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during their rituals, a new chemical analysis suggests.
NASA telescope spots first alien ‘astrosphere’ around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week
The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the “Moth,” just 117 light-years away.
Do you weigh more when an elevator goes up or when it comes down?
Your weight doesn’t change because of gravity but because the floor pushes back. Physicists explain why elevators briefly make you feel heavier or lighter.
Science history: Stephen Hawking writes a tiny paper — and turns our understanding of black holes inside out — March 1, 1974
In 1974, physicist Stephen Hawking described the potential for tiny, primordial black holes that existed at the dawn of time to explode — and reshaped
NASA lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch. A new report shows what went wrong
Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.
Unlocking the secrets of an ancient plague
The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day Jordan, in the 7th century.